After Effects: Create Nulls From Paths (Trace Paths)

After Effects CC 2023: Create Nulls From Paths (Trace Paths)
This tutorial will show you how to Trace Paths using the Create Nulls From Paths script in Adobe After Effects CC 2023.
Keyboard Shortcuts:Cmd/Ctrl + N: Create New Composition
S: Scale
Chapters:
00:00 Intro: About the Tutorial
00:14 Create New Rounded Rectangle (Any Shape)
00:38 Open 'Create Nulls From Paths' script
01:01 Select Shape Layer Path
01:14 Convert to Bezier Path
01:38 Click on 'Trace Path'
01:58 How To Set First Vertex
02:33 Align object with Null Layer
02:47 Parent Object to Null
03:16 How To Reverse Direction
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How To Trace Paths in Adobe After Effects CC 2023:
1. Create a new Composition (Cmd/Ctrl + N)
2. Create A New Shape (ex. Rounded Rectangle)
3. Go to Window Menu and look all the way to the bottom of the menu
4. Select Create Nulls From Paths’ script
5. Twirl open Shape Layer
6. Twirl open Contents
7. Twirl Open ‘Path 1’
8. Right Click and select ‘Convert to Bezier’
9. Drag CTI to the beginning of the Timeline
10. Select ‘Path’ property
11. Click on ‘Trace Path’
12. Change ‘First Vertex; to change the Null Starting Point
13. Drag on graphic to follow null
14. Parent to Null Layer
15. To change speed, select Null layer, Tap U and adjust
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  • @SabirAli-np7ci
    @SabirAli-np7ci4 ай бұрын

    Excellent tutorial.. short but very important one!

  • @MikeMurphyCo

    @MikeMurphyCo

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks…glad it helped! 👍

  • @ileyncasallas
    @ileyncasallas Жыл бұрын

    Excelent script, very useful, thank you

  • @serag_officially
    @serag_officially Жыл бұрын

    it's really helpful

  • @MikeMurphyCo

    @MikeMurphyCo

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it helped! 👍

  • @serag_officially
    @serag_officially Жыл бұрын

    thanks

  • @MikeMurphyCo

    @MikeMurphyCo

    Жыл бұрын

    You are welcome! 👍

  • @Lapislazuli9925
    @Lapislazuli9925 Жыл бұрын

    Very good informations we get from this great video. Thank you so much. Any idea why we I create the null it dose not go to the rectangle but away from it. Any one get this issue. I wonder what mistake I am doing.

  • @Babymech
    @Babymech Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Is there really no better way to reverse the direction of the trace? Time-reversing the keyframes makes it a lot more difficult to then link other values to the progress value - I might be able to do the mental gymnastics to make it work, but it would be a lot easier if the progress was just going from 0 to 100...

  • @MikeMurphyCo

    @MikeMurphyCo

    Жыл бұрын

    When there is a will there is a way! After Effects has so many ways to achieve the same results. I do not have a specific solution to offer you off the top of my head, but ’m sure if you search for a way that fits into your workflow, you will find a solution👍.

  • @daimonxart8253
    @daimonxart825311 ай бұрын

    thank you! something weirdhappens to my path, when i create the null path it ccreate it in a corner and not in the shape path, like if the center is in another place but itis in the center i do nnot know how to explain it

  • @MikeMurphyCo

    @MikeMurphyCo

    11 ай бұрын

    Sorry to hear that and hard for me to guess or speculate without knowing more details, but I can tell you it can be a finicky technique that often requires trial and error. I’ve gotten lots of random issues when testing different things. Some things to test: Centering the Anchor Point position. Pre-composing. Tick the ‘Continuous Rasterize’ box.

  • @dynomik
    @dynomik8 ай бұрын

    thank you very much. I have the problem that I wish to connect a layer A to follow multiple paths (for a sentence for example) but when I copy the mask paths to the position of the layer A, I just get the masks without path. Anyone here know how to do this? Thanks

  • @MikeMurphyCo

    @MikeMurphyCo

    8 ай бұрын

    I’m not 100% certain what you are wanting to do, but it sounds like might want to create a Null Layer and parent the layer(s) to the Null and then animate the Position of the Null Layer.

  • @dynomik

    @dynomik

    8 ай бұрын

    @@MikeMurphyCo hey Mike, its basically very simple but I forgot how to do it. I try to let a layer follow a selection of paths (outlines of letters of a sentence) which I created with auto trace function. I tried to copy the masks paths of the traced masks to the position of the layer but only get the masks itself copied into the layer. When I copy the mask shapes one by one it works and the layer follows this paths but I cannot copy all at once, which is very frustrating when having 180 shapes^^ Maybe you have an idea? Thanks a lot

  • @dynomik

    @dynomik

    8 ай бұрын

    @@MikeMurphyCo I also tried to convert the text into a shape layer to be able to trim paths individually and connect the layer to the trim path but somehow this dont work at all...

  • @MikeMurphyCo

    @MikeMurphyCo

    8 ай бұрын

    @@dynomik Ah, I understand what you are doing, but unfortunately not sure how to advise you on doing it all at once for 180 shapes if you have tried and it does not work. My hunch is there is a script/plugin on AE Scripts to handle such a task, but it's not something I have ever looked into. Sorry.

  • @dynomik

    @dynomik

    8 ай бұрын

    @@MikeMurphyCo no worries, thanks anyways, cheers

  • @tralthamidor
    @tralthamidor8 ай бұрын

    It only seem to work if you use a closed shape. Creating an open shape will give you the no path selected error. Is there a way around this?

  • @MikeMurphyCo

    @MikeMurphyCo

    8 ай бұрын

    I am traveling so unable to test and try to replicate, but will try to do so next week and can let you know what I discover.

  • @jconway2907

    @jconway2907

    6 ай бұрын

    Not sure if it helps but I was able to do it if I turned off Fill and then made sure it was selected w Contents/Shape1/Path 1/Path?